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Page xix
... and those associated with them are to take their stand for the political
campaign . It is by that programme , by a comparison of the programmes of
different statesmen , that the world forms its judgment . The common ordinary
mind is quite unfit ...
... and those associated with them are to take their stand for the political
campaign . It is by that programme , by a comparison of the programmes of
different statesmen , that the world forms its judgment . The common ordinary
mind is quite unfit ...
Page xxi
In excited states of the public mind they have scarcely a discretion at all ; the
tendency of the public perturbation determines what shall and what shall not be
dealt with . But , upon the other hand , in quiet times statesmen have great power
...
In excited states of the public mind they have scarcely a discretion at all ; the
tendency of the public perturbation determines what shall and what shall not be
dealt with . But , upon the other hand , in quiet times statesmen have great power
...
Page xxvii
Whether or not the nation has made up its mind is a question to be decided by all
the circumstances of the case , and in the common way in which all practical
questions are decided . There are some people who lay down a sort of
mechanical ...
Whether or not the nation has made up its mind is a question to be decided by all
the circumstances of the case , and in the common way in which all practical
questions are decided . There are some people who lay down a sort of
mechanical ...
Page xxxv
To speak mathematically , we may easily miss the permanent course of the
political curve if we engross our minds with its cusps and conjugate points . Nor ,
on the other hand , can I sympathise with the objection to life peerages which
some of ...
To speak mathematically , we may easily miss the permanent course of the
political curve if we engross our minds with its cusps and conjugate points . Nor ,
on the other hand , can I sympathise with the objection to life peerages which
some of ...
Page xlviii
Despotic nations now cannot understand England ; it is to them an anomaly "
chartered by Providence ; ” they have been time out of mind puzzled by its
institutions , vexed at its statesmen , and angry at its newspapers . A little more of
such ...
Despotic nations now cannot understand England ; it is to them an anomaly "
chartered by Providence ; ” they have been time out of mind puzzled by its
institutions , vexed at its statesmen , and angry at its newspapers . A little more of
such ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Constitution Volume 3 of The Paternoster library |
| Author | Walter Bagehot |
| Publisher | Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 30 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 292 pages |
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